By Richard Bammer

Fall — as days shorten, the air chills, ground fog lingers and summer becomes a memory with the advent of winter — is linked to melancholy in many cultures.

However, in India autumn is a season for the goddess of learning, but, in ancient Asian mysticism, autumn is associated with the color white, death and mourning.

Closer to home, in the American West, with its long history of Spanish-speaking peoples and the recent rise of Hispanics in U.S. cultural life, we often celebrate fall and harvest time with Halloween and the Day of the Dead.

via Day of the Dead celebrated at Buckingham – The Reporter.